Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
The Cisco Nexus 3000 Series switches are a comprehensive portfolio of 1-, 10-, 40-, 100- and 400-Gigabit Ethernet switches built from a switch-on-a-chip (SoC) architecture. This series of switches provides line-rate Layer 2 and 3 performance and is suitable for ToR architecture. This series of switches has established itself as a leader in high-frequency trading (HFT), high-performance computing (HPC), and big data environments by pairing high performance and low latency with innovations in performance visibility, automation, and time synchronization. Cisco Nexus 3000 Series provides 24 to 256 ports, offering flexible connectivity, high performance, and a comprehensive feature set to meet various data center requirements.
The Cisco Nexus 3000 Series switches include the Nexus 3100/3200/3400/3500 and 3600 platform fixed switches.
Figure 2-5 shows Cisco Nexus 3000 Series switches.
Figure 2-5 Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
Table 2-3 summarizes the Cisco Nexus 3000 series switch models.
Table 2-3 Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches
| Model | Description |
| Cisco Nexus 3172PQ/PQ-XL | 72 x 1/10Gbps SFP+ ports, or 48 x 1/10Gbps SFP+ and 6 x 40Gbps QSFP+ ports |
| Cisco Nexus 3172TQ/TQ-XL | 72 x 1/10Gbps SFP+ ports, or 48 x RJ-45 and 6 x 40Gbps QSFP+ ports |
| Cisco Nexus 31128PQ | 96 x 1/10Gbps SFP+ ports and 8 x 40Gbps QSFP+ ports |
| Cisco Nexus 31108PC-V | 48 x 1/10Gbps SFP+ ports and 6 x 40/100Gbps QSFP28 ports |
| Cisco Nexus 31108TC-V | 48 x 100M/1G/10Gbps RJ-45 ports and 6 x 40/100Gbps QSFP28 ports |
| Cisco Nexus 3132Q-V | 32 x 10/40Gbps QSFP+ ports |
| Cisco Nexus 3132C-Z | 32 x 10/25/40/50/100Gbps QSFP28 ports |
| Cisco Nexus 3232C | 32 x 10/25/40/50/100Gbps QSFP28 ports |
| Cisco Nexus 3264C-E | 64 x 10/25/40/50/100Gbps QSFP28 ports |
| Cisco Nexus 3432D-S | 32 x 40/100/200/400Gbps QSFP-DD ports |
| Cisco Nexus 3408-S | 32 x 400Gbps QSFP-DD ports or 128 x 100Gbps QSFP28 ports |
| Cisco Nexus 3524-X/XL | 24 x 1/10Gbps SFP+ ports |
| Cisco Nexus 3548-X/XL | 48 x 1/10Gbps SFP+ ports |
| Cisco Nexus 36180YC-R | 48 x 1/10/25Gbps SFP28 ports + 6 x 40/100Gbps QSFP28 ports |
| Cisco Nexus 3636C-R | 36 x 10/25/40/100Gbps QSFP28 ports |
